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business partners

 

WE WILL ASSIST YOU

If you are an importer or a travel operator looking for reliable business partners, then Import Promotion Desk (IPD) is the right address for you.

We identify suitable exporters and travel service providers for you in selected developing and emerging countries. This means we save you the tedious effort and high costs of opening up new supply sources. We thoroughly examine all companies and provide you with reliable partners for long-lasting business relations that will help you achieve your corporate objectives.
 

YOUR BENEFITS

  • All-round support in opening up new markets and destinations – neutral, quality-conscious and free-of-charge
  • Contacts to reliable, tried-and-tested suppliers and travel operators
  • Ongoing search for new business partners and products for your corporate success

HAND IN HAND WITH THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY

IPD is an initiative of the Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services (BGA) and the development organisation sequa gGmbH Partner of German Business.

IPD is funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). As part of our development policy objectives, we find exporters in our partner countries and prepare them intensively for all the requirements of the EU market.

Our services

Make use of our wide-ranging services now and bring down your sourcing costs!

IPD news on LinkedIn 

Import Promotion Desk is one of the programmes offered by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to promote collaboration with actors in the private sector.

As of January 2024, all programmes will operate under the umbrella brand Partners in Transformation. This new title emphasises the partnership between the private sector and development cooperation, with the shared goal of achieving a social and environmental transformation in BMZ’s partner countries.

The programmes work with companies, trade unions, chambers of commerce, associations and other interest groups.

Find out more at Privatwirtschaft | BMZ (German only)

Our partner countries
Our product groups
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Fresh produce

Fresh products all year round thanks to reliable suppliers from our partner countries.
Learn more here.

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Cut flowers

Gorgeous flowers thanks to excellent climatic conditions. We arrange contact with verified suppliers in South America.

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Natural ingredients

Whether it's ingredients for food, pharmaceuticals or cosmetics you're looking for: IPD supports you in purchasing high-quality products from all over the world.

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Sustainable tourism

A growth market tour operators can profit from. We will put you in touch with evaluated partners in Ecuador, Tunisia, Nepal and Uzbekistan.

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Sustainable wood products

The IPD opens up sustainable wood sources to importers. We arrange contact with suppliers of innovative wood products.

We will connect you with your new business partners.

Find out about our wide range of products from five product groups.

Learn more about our services!

»With IPD we are closing a strategic gap at the interface of development cooperation and foreign trade.«

Antonin Finkelnburg
Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services (BGA)

 

Our Matchmaking-Events

Meet your new business partners!

 

Carrefour du bois

International Timber Trade Show

Carrefour International du Bois 2024

Nantes // 28 - 30 May 2024

Connect with reliable wood suppliers and convince yourself of the quality of their products!

At…

incosmetics event

Internationational tradefair for personal care ingredients

in-cosmetics 2024


Paris // 16.04. - 18.04.2023

IPD presents reliable producers from Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia,…

Ecuador // 3 - 10 May 2024

Discover Ecuador's diverse opportunities for your product portfolio at the best time to travel and get…

Register now: Buying Mission

Sourcing avocados in Kenya

Kenya // 6-10 May 2024

Join the IPD on a trip to Kenya. Meet new, carefully screened avocado producers.

IPD has identified…

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Buying mission Natural ingredients

IPD Buying mission to Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka // 9 - 14 June 2024

Visit with IPD reliable suppliers of natural ingredients in Sri Lanka. Check out the product…

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News

8 March - International Women's Day

Feminist development policy and the contribution of the IPD

As a member of the "Partners in Transformation" network, IPD actively supports the implementation of the BMZ's feminist development policy strategy. 

Learn more about IPD's current measures to promote women and our plans to strengthen women's equal participation in economic life in an interview with Tabea Mack, Team Leader of IPD's Sourcing and Markets department in Bonn.

Partners in Transformation

New logo, new partner countries, new sectors

IPD is part of the newly founded development policy network "Partners in Transformation - Business & Development Network". From January, 2024, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has been bundling its programs for economic actors under this new brand. IPD therefore has a new logo. And that is not the only change: we are continuing our growth, expanding the number of our partner countries and are now active in two new product groups – "IT Outsourcing" and "Sustainable Seafood". 

Read more in our latest IPD UPDATE.

IPD Business Women

Founded by women - powered by women!

In the IPD programme, there are many companies that are founded and run by women. And not only that. Many companies also employ a large number or even the majority of women. Economic participation promotes growth - also and especially in developing and emerging countries. Women's rights are not only strengthened, but economic growth in the countries is also promoted through empowerment.

Read here about the IPD business women that exemplify the potential of empowerment. 

Interview

Dr Julia Bellinghausen, Head of IPD
 

Dr Julia Bellinghausen explains why supporting exports is an essential instrument in international development cooperation and outlines the IPD’s strategy for opening up the German and European markets to developing countries.

Read the entire interview.

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